The Maharashtra State Board for Secondary and Higher Secondary Education on Tuesday released an advisory for students appearing for the written examination beginning from February 26.

Following the Bombay High Court directives, the board will allow the use of calculators for students with learning disabilities (dyslexia-dysgraphia-dyscalculia) and those who have opted for maths, commerce, book-keeping and accountancy.

However, the calculators on mobile phones will not be allowed, a press release issued by the board stated.

The examination for information technology (IT) paper, in which 56,823 students are scheduled to appear, will be conducted online.

As the country's finest B school, Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A), prepares for its final placements starting Wednesday in the background of global recession, there might be an 11 per cent fall in the number of companies participating in the final placement process this year.

There were mixed feelings among students on the campus. While some students, in a bid for last-minute preparations, excitedly conducted casual discussion sessions with batch mates, others were relaxed as they adopted a wait and watch policy. With the fall of major investment banks and the ongoing economic turmoil, the placements scenario on the campus this year is bound to witness some changes.

It's nearly time for the final job placements at the Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore, and students here are mentally gearing up to face the toughest placement the campus has witnessed till date, thanks to the recession.

The placements have been slated for February 27, but there seems to be an unofficial gag order on the campus because officials, students and faculty members are tight-lipped on what's in store this year.

"Lateral placements, which began in December, will conclude on February 26. While final placements will start from February 27 onwards," said Vineet Sharma, a student placement committee member.

The paper of English is as important as of other subjects. Students need to take it seriously and keep in mind that a good score in this subject will help them in future.

Section A of the paper has questions based on comprehension and note making.

In comprehension, students should read the passage quickly, focus on the main ideas and their sequence. Thereafter, they should locate the answers of the questions in the passage. Students should restrain from copying the answers verbatim from the passage.

The schools of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in the city are going the ‘holistic health’ way, as the comprehensive school health manuals will be taught in the schools from April 1.

The manuals are designed on the guidelines of the CBSE and World Health Organisation and they will be the part of the school curriculum. These manuals will be taught as a part of physical education.

The University Grants Commission (UGC) has put forward certain measures conducted for the appraisal of college lecturers. The terms are that teachers be  present at the colleges for five hours every day and the leave be brought down from 10 to eight days. Prof M Govindaiah speaks to Team DNA about the methods of appraisal that colleges can adopt.

First, the terms and conditions to be approved finally by the State Government will take some time. Now just UGC has put forward such a thing.